MOTLEY QUE AB
Rating
1489
peak 1506
Contests
41
in the data
First seen
2019-05-25
latest 2026-06-06
Best ToY finish
#255
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
11 podiums
Overall top-10s
13
of 41 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
670.13 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 639.25 (+30.87)
Walk rate
76%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±82.34
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.06 · weakest Brisket (158.40)
Road miles
12342
mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 2288 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT has finished one call ahead of MOTLEY QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
HOME COOKIN' BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 29 of their 30 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 13 of their 14 shared contests.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 39% across 5 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Didsbury Lions BBQ (2022-08-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 38 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 176.5716 | 153.1200 | 167.06 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 38 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 176.5600 | 135.9544 | 162.83 | top 57% |
| Pork | 37 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 138.8460 | 164.02 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 175.4056 | 133.6460 | 158.40 | top 65% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 24 | 1 | top 55% |
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 83% |
| SK | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| NS | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| MB | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 8 | 1 | top 46% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2023 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (26 of 41 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (38 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Didsbury Lions BBQ (2022-08-27)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 639.25
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 691.3712 | 675.20 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 685.6460 | 665.54 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 678.7772 | 666.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 678.7656 | 658.50 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 673.1084 | 650.60 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 642.9032 | 633.13 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 617.6460 | 617.65 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 635.4056 | 500.37 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 4 / 15 (691.3712) | 14 (163.9656) | 4 (173.1200) | 2 (180.0000) | 6 (174.2856) |
| 2026-05-30 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 7 / 24 (680.5484) | 8 (172.5484) | 6 (173.7144) | 15 (170.8456) | 11 (163.4400) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 14 / 23 (653.6800) | 8 (169.7028) | 16 (160.5716) | 17 (162.8228) | 15 (160.5828) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB | — | 14 (159.9656) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB | — | — | 6 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 10 / 23 (671.3832) | 8 (171.4172) | 10 (167.9888) | 13 (166.2400) | 12 (165.7372) |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 12 / 16 (653.6456) | 10 (169.1656) | 13 (161.6684) | 13 (160.5028) | 12 (162.3088) |
| 2025-09-06 | Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB | 8 / 15 (685.6460) | 7 (172.5716) | 5 (173.1316) | 5 (172.5600) | 10 (167.3828) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 28 / 38 (651.9088) | 22 (167.9772) | 28 (164.0000) | 25 (166.2744) | 35 (153.6572) |
| 2025-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB | 14 / 24 (660.5028) | 17 (162.8228) | 20 (159.4172) | 9 (170.8684) | 10 (167.3944) |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 9 / 34 (670.1716) | 14 (167.3944) | 11 (167.9772) | 6 (172.5600) | 22 (162.2400) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 139 / 169 (673.0856) | 57 (174.2628) | 165 (157.1544) | 59 (172.5600) | 109 (169.1084) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 327 / 444 (655.9428) | 122 (173.7256) | 378 (159.9772) | 262 (166.8456) | 373 (155.3944) |
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 16 / 24 (663.8400) | 16 (167.9656) | 19 (162.2516) | 14 (167.3828) | 10 (166.2400) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 20 / 35 (669.1204) | 2 (176.5716) | 15 (169.1656) | 11 (170.2744) | 32 (153.1088) |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 10 / 28 (678.7772) | 3 (175.4056) | 16 (165.6800) | 8 (170.8344) | 14 (166.8572) |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 22 / 39 (655.2572) | 6 (174.2628) | 26 (162.8000) | 20 (166.2628) | 32 (151.9316) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 392 / 487 (642.6968) | 246 (168.5372) | 411 (158.2628) | 447 (154.2056) | 339 (161.6912) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 199 / 211 (655.8512) | 184 (165.6684) | 191 (163.9772) | 127 (169.6800) | 199 (156.5256) |
| 2023-09-23 | Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK | 16 / 26 (663.3716) | 23 (161.1428) | 15 (167.3828) | 7 (175.4172) | 20 (159.4288) |
| 2023-09-16 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 16 / 29 (671.3832) | 12 (169.7144) | 16 (166.2744) | 6 (172.5600) | 19 (162.8344) |
| 2023-09-02 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 19 / 40 (661.5768) | 19 (167.9772) | 6 (174.8456) | 26 (163.9656) | 29 (154.7884) |
| 2023-08-05 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 14 / 17 (635.8516) | 17 (153.6456) | 1 (176.5600) | 15 (157.1088) | 14 (148.5372) |
| 2023-06-16 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK | 5 / 16 (678.7656) | 10 (169.1316) | 9 (164.5600) | 9 (169.6684) | 1 (175.4056) |
| 2022-09-10 | Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK | 10 / 18 (650.8460) | 3 (169.7372) | 13 (158.3088) | 15 (157.6916) | 9 (165.1084) |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 26 / 36 (635.3600) | 9 (168.5828) | 34 (155.9772) | 14 (167.4172) | 35 (143.3828) |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 1 / 19 (673.1084) | 12 (161.1428) | 4 (172.5944) | 2 (173.1084) | 7 (166.2628) |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 10 / 20 (658.1372) | 4 (171.9656) | 16 (158.2516) | 9 (165.6800) | 10 (162.2400) |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 9 / 31 (664.5828) | 9 (168.5828) | 17 (164.5600) | 7 (172.5600) | 22 (158.8800) |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 28 / 39 (621.5656) | 7 (169.1428) | 38 (135.9544) | 32 (152.5028) | 14 (163.9656) |
| 2021-09-04 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 16 / 29 (639.9656) | 18 (160.5484) | 14 (161.7028) | 11 (161.6800) | 19 (156.0344) |
| 2021-09-03 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 15 / 26 (616.5028) | 3 (166.2856) | 13 (155.4172) | 17 (151.4056) | 22 (143.3944) |
| 2021-08-14 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 10 / 25 (633.1548) | 15 (156.6172) | 7 (162.8688) | 8 (161.1428) | 15 (152.5260) |
| 2021-07-10 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 6 / 16 (642.9032) | 4 (167.4284) | 2 (169.1772) | 13 (146.8460) | 7 (159.4516) |
| 2020-09-26 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 17 / 21 (617.6460) | 6 (159.4172) | 17 (147.9660) | 17 (156.0344) | 15 (154.2284) |
| 2019-08-31 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 12 / 37 (157.1200) | 3 (171.4056) | 28 (152.5948) | 29 (146.8344) | 34 (141.0744) |
| 2019-08-10 | Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB | 12 / 20 (609.6232) | 3 (166.8572) | 15 (153.1544) | 6 (155.9656) | 19 (133.6460) |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 21 / 44 (635.4056) | 35 (153.1200) | 12 (166.8456) | 19 (161.7028) | 27 (153.7372) |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB | 20 / 22 (599.3260) | 10 (161.7372) | 15 (150.8228) | 22 (138.8460) | 17 (147.9200) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #255 (447 pts) | #254 (480 pts) | #219 (605 pts) | #269 (427 pts) | #313 (372 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #324 (672 pts) | #336 (682 pts) | #386 (652 pts) | #310 (742 pts) | #376 (592 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #407 (502 pts) | #267 (877 pts) | #508 (467 pts) | #372 (587 pts) | #462 (472 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #319 (668 pts) | #386 (588 pts) | #273 (888 pts) | #297 (723 pts) | #314 (703 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #300 (768 pts) | #231 (973 pts) | #419 (603 pts) | #304 (803 pts) | #374 (643 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #396 (481 pts) | #341 (606 pts) | #329 (616 pts) | #410 (461 pts) | #485 (396 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #793 (86 pts) | #614 (161 pts) | #840 (86 pts) | #836 (86 pts) | #792 (96 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #882 (322 pts) | #549 (637 pts) | #847 (377 pts) | #849 (372 pts) | #1024 (282 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1701 (115 pts) | #1742 (115 pts) | #1746 (115 pts) | #1273 (200 pts) | #1086 (265 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1234 (229 pts) | #943 (409 pts) | #1572 (174 pts) | #1433 (194 pts) | #1190 (264 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1840 (115 pts) | #1552 (170 pts) | #1693 (140 pts) | #1923 (115 pts) | #1909 (115 pts) |